Students will acquire a common professional vocabulary in the field of digital culture (tools, method, epistemology...) and develop key skills of the Centrale Nantes skills reference framework: 'Business and innovation' and 'design and implementation of transdisciplinary projects'.

Course Content

An interdisciplinary approach is used through the creation of interdisciplinary teams: Centrale Nantes, Faculty of Arts, Fine Arts College etc. The course is not about creating new technology and / or start-ups in the digital age, but rather understanding the other disciplines to allow for better integration into the fields of art, culture and heritage.

Technical topics covered include digital archaeology, virtual reality, user experience, museography, 3D scanning, Text Encoding Initiative etc. Training in business methodology and in the management of cultural projects is also provided. Feedback from professionals (theatre engineer, stage show project engineer, instrument-maker engineer, photographer engineer etc) and project-based learning are both important features of the course.

Some of the modules are taught in conjunction with partner schools and laboratories:

Master in "Mediation, expertise and cultural development" - dual diploma programme taught by Nantes Fine Arts School and the University of Nantes

Seminar in partnership with ITEM Paris - 1 afternoon / month

Seminar with the François Viète Center for the History of Science and Technology - weekly